Office of Emergency Management

Overview

The goal of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is to lessen the effects of disaster on the lives and property within the Borough of New Providence through leadership, coordination and support in the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Emergency management is the process of preparing for, mitigating, responding to and recovering from an emergency. Emergency management is a dynamic process. Planning, though critical, is not the only component. Training, conducting drills, testing equipment and coordinating activities with the community are other important functions.

Emergency Management is divided into four (4) phases:

Mitigation

Mitigation activities are those that eliminate or reduce the probability of a disaster occurrence. Also included are those long-term activities that lessen the undesirable effects of unavoidable hazards. Some examples include the establishment of building codes, flood plan management, insurance, elevating buildings, and public education programs.

Preparedness

Preparedness activities serve to develop the response capabilities needed in the event of an emergency. Planning, exercising, training and developing public information programs and warning systems are among the activities conducted under this phase.

Response

Response activities include direction and control, warning, evacuation and emergency services and are designed to address immediate and short-term effects of the onset of an emergency or disaster. They help to reduce casualties and damage and to speed recovery.

Recovery

Recovery includes both short-term and long-term activities. Short-term operations seek to restore critical services to the community and provide for the basic needs of the public. Long-term recovery focuses on restoring the community to its normal or improved state of affairs. The recovery period is also an opportune time to institute mitigation measures, particularly those related to the recent emergency. Examples of recovery actions would be temporary housing and food, restoration of non-vital government services, and reconstruction of damaged areas.

The Office of Emergency Management is responsible, by Federal and State Law, for the coordination of all the Emergency Services in the Borough of New Providence. This includes Police, Fire, Rescue Squad, Public Works, Health Department and any additional agencies contributing to any large scale emergency incident or disaster.

REMEMBER THAT THE BOROUGH WEBSITE IS ALSO MOBILE AND CAN BE ACCESSED FROM ANY SMART PHONE BY TYPING WWW.NEWPROV.ORG IN THE BROWSER. THERE IS NO APP TO DOWNLOAD.

Emergency incidents can strike anytime, anywhere and in many forms, such as a hurricane, snow storm, earthquake, flood, fire, hazardous material incident; an act of nature or an act of terrorism. DO YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLAN?

Borough Administrative Offices are temporarily unable to send or receive faxes. Please email any forms or requests to Clerk@newprov.org. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to have the problem rectified shortly.

Website File Access Issues

We are currently experiencing issues with some website file access. Certain files may not be available for review online. We are aware of the issue and apologize for any inconvenience while we work to rectify the problem.

Due to inclement weather, New Providence court on 2/20/19 has been cancelled.

The Downtown Improvement District Annual Meeting scheduled for 2/20/19 has been cancelled.

Borough offices will be closing at 1 PM.

January Recycling Day Reminder

Recycling days will be changing in January to alternating sides of the Borough (previously the entire Borough was on the same schedule). Below are the upcoming January dates for your reference:

East Side – South Street to Summit Line (includes South St even numbered houses & Passaic Street odd numbered houses)

West Side – South Street to Berkeley Heights Line (includes South St odd numbered houses & Passaic street even numbered houses)

Friday, January 4th – EAST

Friday, January 11th – WEST

Friday, January 18th – EAST

Friday, January 25th – WEST

Borough phone lines are currently out of order. Verizon has been notified and is working to correct the issue. In the interim, please use the Contact Us forms if you need assistance.

Union County Launches New Recycle Coach Mobile App

Union County has launched Recycle Coach, a free app designed to help make recycling and solid waste information more accessible to County residents and engage the public in the principles of “Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.”

Recycle Coach provides accurate, up-to-date information on Union County’s recycling events, as well as local recycling schedules in a handy, user-friendly mobile format.

Check out the new Recycle Coachfor detailed recycling information and a downloadable app!

A major fiber optics cut has affected telephone service throughout New Jersey. The borough phone circuits are currently inoperable. Crews are working on fixing the issue. In the interim, if you need to contact the borough, please use the Contact Us forms. We apologize of any inconvenience.